People sacrifice good gear for "fashion"

[Ventus]

Not being allowed to wear your favourite equipment? That's THE Restriction!

Honestly I don't care, but what I could say is that Everyone has the right to dress how they like to. If they are having complications in a party... sucks to be them =)

yeah but it can cause everyone to suffer specially if tank is doing it and besides it removes anything special about wearing higher rank gear. Any lowbie could wear r50 gear.

[Renshi]

yeah but it can cause everyone to suffer specially if tank is doing it and besides it removes anything special about wearing higher rank gear. Any lowbie could wear r50 gear.

Yeah, but you agree with me that it's the player's fault for equipping over-ranked/non-favored/worse gear making a hole in the party, screwing it up, rite?

Anyway, yes, a rank requirement for the equipment could halfly solve the problem.

[Ventus]

Yeah, but you agree with me that it's the player's fault for equipping over-ranked/non-favored/worse gear making a hole in the party, screwing it up, rite?

Anyway, yes, a rank requirement for the equipment could halfly solve the problem.

yup i agree lol =)

[Mireille]

yeah but it can cause everyone to suffer specially if tank is doing it and besides it removes anything special about wearing higher rank gear. Any lowbie could wear r50 gear.

I said this before in a similar thread. The ability to wear gear above your level, but with reduced stats is similar to what happened to gear in level sync parties in FFXI. If the difference was great enough you lost all the positive stats period, and you did at times see people wearing their AF (lvl 60) in Valkrum Dunes parties (lvl 15- 20) because they didn't want to buy new gear for a single pt. As long as the stats are reduced appropriately there is no reason to restrict a players ability the wear gear except for the concept of earning the 'right' to wear something that looks really cool, like Byakko's Haidate or Kirin's Osode, by attaining a specified level. Personally I find the idea that you can't put on a shirt because you aren't the right level absurd. In contrast the idea that you can put on an item that you have yet to learn how to use fully and use it with limitations makes sense. Think of it this way, just about any kid can pick up a hammer and nail two pieces of wood together, but that same kid can't use that hammer as effectively as a carpenter without going through an apprenticeship where he/she learns how to use the tools of that trade. If you don't like the idea of partying with people who don't wear gear at their level then don't party with them.

I can't speak for other servers, but on Mysidia almost no one sells gear levels 1 -20. You have no choice but to buy level 20 gear at level 1 unless you use your starter gear, or you know a crafter and don't mind buying the 107 mats it takes to make that bronze scythe from scratch.

Level Sync is something I would like to see return. I have a bigger problem with grouping with rank 35s to do 30 leve when I am rank 25, than I do with the 30 archer wearing 39 gear... oh wait that was me XD